• Combination of injuries and lack of opportunities behind decision
• Nottingham-born rider is a three-times Group One winnerThe main female jockey Hayley Turner is set to retire at the end of the season. It is understood a combination of injuries and increasing lack of opportunities at the top level are behind the decision of the Nottingham-born rider,who is a three-times Group One-winning rider.
Turner, 32, or recorded a landmark success when steering the David Simcock-trained Dream Ahead to victory in the July Cup at Newmarket in 2011 and she followed up when Margot Did won the Nunthorpe Stakes for Michael Bell,with whom she started her career as an apprentice.
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Source: theguardian.com